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Can Landslides and mudslides result from both volcanoes and earthquakes. True or false?

True earthquakes and volcanoes can cause landslides.


Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?

Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.


Do earthquakes explode like volcanoes?

No, earthquakes and volcanoes are different geological events. Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface, while volcanoes erupt due to magma or gas buildup beneath the Earth's crust. While both can cause destruction, earthquakes do not explode like volcanoes.


How earthquakes volcanoes and mountain's formation are related to plate tectonics?

Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are formed via plate tectonics. When the large continental plates collide, they either cause temporary earthquakes, or more permanent features such as volcanoes and mountains.


What you can infer about the relationship between earthquake and volcanoes?

Earthquakes and volcanoes are often related because they both result from the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface. Earthquakes can be triggered by volcanic activity, and volcanic eruptions can also cause earthquakes. Additionally, the same tectonic forces that lead to earthquakes can create the conditions necessary for magma to rise to the surface and form volcanoes.

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What are the primary dangers of volcanoes and earthquakes and earthquakes?

*volcanoes Earthquakes and vOlcanoes can cause much damage among an area if it's shaken to pieces.


Are earthquakes and volcanoes related?

Earthquakes can cause a volcano to erupt.


Why do earthquakes and volcanoes be in the news?

Because earthquakes and volcanoes are important, they can cause the death of dozens or even thousands of people.


Can Landslides and mudslides result from both volcanoes and earthquakes. True or false?

True earthquakes and volcanoes can cause landslides.


Why does an earthquake zone have earthquakes if no volcanoes are there?

Volcanoes are not the primary cause of earthquakes. Most earthquakes result from the stresses created by tectonic plates moving past or against one another. At transform boundaries there is no mechanism to produce volcanoes, but the movement of the plates will still cause earthquakes. Stresses within a plate can also cause earthquakes.


How high does it have to be on the Richter scale to cause a volcano eruption?

Earthquakes do not cause volcanoes. However, magma moving to the surface rapidly can produce tremors. Volcanoes can cause earthquakes, but not vise-versa.


What primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?

Tectonic plates


How do convergent and transform boundaries cause earthquakes?

It can cause earthquakes, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, mountains, tsunamis, and subduction.


Do tectonic plates cause earthquakes and volcanoes to happen for the same reason?

The movement of tectonic plates are almost always the cause for earthquakes and volcanoes, although the actual quake or eruption may occur long after the underlying movement. Earthquakes are sudden shifts in the crust, when built-up stress along rock faults is released. The magma for volcanoes is formed of rocks that melt when they are pushed deeper into the Earth by tectonic forces.


What is primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?

Convergent and transform boundaries


Is an earthquake stronger or a volcano?

Earthquakes and volcanoes are two different things and cannot be compared easily. However, volcanoes can cause earthquakes and vice versa.


Do earthquakes explode like volcanoes?

No, earthquakes and volcanoes are different geological events. Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface, while volcanoes erupt due to magma or gas buildup beneath the Earth's crust. While both can cause destruction, earthquakes do not explode like volcanoes.